- Automatic sequestration in 2013 will result in NASA losing $417M from its science budget, $346M for space operations, $309M for exploration and $246M for cross agency support, among other cuts, totaling over $1.3 billion. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/09/impact-of-impending-us-budget-cut-on-science-revealed.html 3 comments space